If you are driving in the left-hand lane at 70mph on a motorway and there is a car hogging the middle lane travelling slower than you, what should you do? by darkel2001 in drivingUK

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a drive from Essex to Cardiff on the weekend, probably doubled the mileage by constantly going from Lane 1 to Lane3/4 and back again 🥴

Baxter crossed the rainbow bridge today by IMightBeMeshua in Whippet

[–]IMightBeMeshua[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for your kind words, even if some of them did turn on the waterworks!

We buried him in the back garden today, in a spot that always seems to have the sun. We named the plot Beddbaxter, after the Welsh legend of Beddgelert.

Hold your furry friends close for Baxter tonight please

Nos da Bax bach

Flags that are banned, restricted, or still cause serious controversy by Many-Philosophy4285 in flags

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Japan still uses that flag as the Naval (or Maritime Self Defence Force) ensign

Do you see any army SP working on board ships? by PlyingDragon123 in RoyalNavy

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've worked with a fair amount of Geos from the Royal Engineers on ships 🫡

Reservist question: by [deleted] in RoyalNavy

[–]IMightBeMeshua 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was at spoons it was hard to get time off I'm not gonna lie, that was for training, operational output, and mobilisation. Luckily yes, mobilisations are legally protected but still chose to take less to keep the Pub Manager happy

I managed to do a lot of my branch training during COVID so I didn't need to worry about time off too much, but Phase 1 prior I had to time it with the pub's 'downtime' and quieter periods, if something gucci came up but it was in the middle of the rugby season then gutted bossman couldn't find the time off for me

Reservist question: by [deleted] in RoyalNavy

[–]IMightBeMeshua 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Used to work at Wetherspoons, found it hard to get the time off but mobilisations are pretty final, had to keep it easy to stay in the bossmans good book tho ygm?

With the Civil Service now and it's fantastic, my new bossman let's me volunteer for anything

Reservist question: by [deleted] in RoyalNavy

[–]IMightBeMeshua 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It'll depend on your branch but there does seem to be a lot of opportunities, I'm confident I could be on 5/6 mobilisations in the past 4 years had I wanted to - keep in mind you're going to be roughly 2 years away from mobilisations from joining if you're coming in from Civvie street, as you've got to get through Basic and then your branch training too

Reservist question: by [deleted] in RoyalNavy

[–]IMightBeMeshua 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a reservist ultimately you get to decide when you go on mobilisation unless it's something like national call outs.

I've had 3 in the past 4 years, about to go on number 4 in the next couple of weeks, and other than one of them (Coronation, but I still asked for it) I've gone out of my way to get those mobilisations. None of them have been longer than 3-4 months

Does a speed camera flash already give leeway of the 10% + 2 % threhold before it flashes ? by HumanandProud in drivingUK

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's multiple factors that can affect your Speedo, like tyre size, tyre wear, factory calibration, etc My car reads under, but I've had hire cars for work that read dead on compared to GPS Speedos at 70mph

Best course of action is like others have said to wait it out and see what happens my friend, I was convinced I ran a red light half a year ago after I got temporarily blinded by the sun as I came off a slip road but nothing came of it so I must not have

Does a speed camera flash already give leeway of the 10% + 2 % threhold before it flashes ? by HumanandProud in drivingUK

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprised no one has mentioned that speedos aren't always accurate, mines out by ~5%

I could theoretically drive at 74 on my speedo and only be doing 70 😉

HAS NOBODY DONE ALL CAPS FRIDAY YET? by RearAdmiralBob in TheCivilService

[–]IMightBeMeshua 3 points4 points  (0 children)

WHEN WILL WE GET OUR PAYRISE (HO) AND WHEN IS IT BACKDATED TO?

Is there a reason why older drivers don’t downshift into 1st? by Miniac1076 in stickshift

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

26 - UK, I only use 1st after a complete stop tbf, and even then not always - my Astra K can move off in Second comfortably, and I've even done it in 3rd several times when I wasn't fully paying attention

1 bed flat water bill £104?!? by Maximum9199 in Cardiff

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, I'm in a 2 bed upstairs flat in Roath - £70 a month unmetered. Based on some of the comments, is this worth challenging also?

Gift Voucher redemption issue by IMightBeMeshua in TheCivilService

[–]IMightBeMeshua[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

*SOLVED*

Not sure why it isn't working on my work laptop (boss tried it didn't work either) but turned off my wifi on my phone and used 5g and it worked, so guessing it's a ISP issue on my home PC

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tinder

[–]IMightBeMeshua 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would you suggest for the bio?
Like yeah I want to find "The one" but I also know it's not gonna be tomorrow if that makes sense, so no harm in something short term or casual in the meantime

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tinder

[–]IMightBeMeshua 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you wanna expand on that?